All items tagged with speaker driver (23)

Tectonic Audio Labs to Showcase Exciting New Drivers and Reference Designs at CES 2024

December 21, 2023 by Joao Martins

Tectonic Audio Labs to Showcase Exciting New Drivers and Reference Designs at CES 2024

For CES 2024, Tectonic promises exciting demonstrations of its latest OEM speaker designs and cutting edge engineering services capabilities. Confirmed for the Las Vegas show are two new Tectonic drivers: Basalt, a 3:1 aspect ratio Mid-HF Balanced Mode Radiator (BMR) with exceptional directivity over both long and short axes; and Andesite, a low profile Symmetric Drive Woofer for very slim products. Two reference designs will showcase the possibilities for ultra-slim TVs and soundbars.

Innovative Speaker Drivers and Microspeakers in Voice Coil May 2022

April 29, 2022 by audioXpress Staff

Innovative Speaker Drivers and Microspeakers in Voice Coil May 2022

In this month’s Voice Coil Focus, Mike Klasco writes about Innovative Speaker Drivers, and there is an updated Microspeaker Vendor Directory for 2022, with additional subdirectories on MEMS speaker transducers and Haptic Actuator devices for mobile devices. On this month’s Test Bench, Vance Dickason characterizes two full-range woofers: the E180HE-44 from the Dayton Audio Epique home audio line-up, and the Faital Pro 2FE24 2.5” small woofer targeting pro audio applications.

Celestion CF0820BMB Bass/Midbass and CF0820M Midrange Now Available Individually for Retail

March 23, 2022 by audioXpress Staff

Celestion CF0820BMB Bass/Midbass and CF0820M Midrange Now Available Individually for Retail

Most of the volume production from the leading suppliers of professional loudspeakers for sound reinforcement applications is offered for integration by speaker brands in finished products. Eventually, market adoption requires that standard references are also offered for retail. Celestion announced that the CF0820BMB and CF0820M, two of its 8-inch diameter ferrite magnet, cast aluminum chassis professional audio LF loudspeakers are now available packaged individually for dealers and distributors to sell to retail.

CES 2022 Audio Highlights. 10 Companies We Want to See and Hear Again!

January 13, 2022 by Joao Martins

CES 2022 Audio Highlights. 10 Companies We Want to See and Hear Again!

It was just like CES 2022 was a blink. We walked all over CES 2022, from hotel suites and halls - literally and virtually - to report on these great audio companies and technologies! Among our #CES2022 audio highlights we discuss presentations and demos from xMEMS Labs, Noveto, Exeger, Mayht, Tectonic, Resonado, Fraunhofer IIS, Silentium, GaN Systems, and Axign. Text and CES report originally published in The Audio Voice weekly newsletter.

Eminence Speaker Announces Global Standard Series for International Markets

December 3, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Eminence Speaker Announces Global Standard Series for International Markets

Eminence announced the addition of a new Global Standard Series of loudspeakers to its international catalog, with future availability pending for USA customers. The new series of speakers includes a range of Retro guitar amp speakers in the traditional 12" size, Retrobass woofers in 10" and 15" sizes, and six new speaker drivers for sound reinforcement applications in sizes from 6" to 15." All combining premium quality and high performance at an affordable price.

Dutch Speaker Company Mayht Receives Investment from Swedish Solar Cell Company Exeger

December 2, 2021 by Joao Martins

Dutch Speaker Company Mayht Receives Investment from Swedish Solar Cell Company Exeger

Swedish company Exeger - the company behind the Powerfoyle solar cell material already powering self-charging consumer electronic devices - venture capital firm Forward.One, and music producer and DJ Martin Garrix, have led the latest funding round of investment in the innovative Dutch audio-tech start-up, Mayht. The Series A follow-on round takes investment in the firm to nearly USD $10 million so far.

Eighteen Sound: The Younger Face of Italian Speaker Tradition

July 22, 2021 by Joao Martins

Eighteen Sound: The Younger Face of Italian Speaker Tradition

In October 2015, audioXpress visited pro audio loudspeaker manufacturer Eighteen Sound in Italy, and we shared the details of its modern factory in Reggio Emilia. The article was intended to illustrate the ongoing company's expansion, combined with a bit of its history. A lot has changed in the company's structure since then, Eighteen Sound (and Ciare) was acquired by B&C Speakers, and the faces at Reggio Emilia also changed. This article was originally published in audioXpress, February 2016.

July 20, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Resonado Labs Closes $3M Series-Seed Round and Gains New High-Profile Investors

Resonado Labs announced the closing of its Series-Seed venture capital round at $3M, bringing the total raised to date to $5.2M including Pre-Seed funding. The capital will accelerate the commercialization of Resonado Labs’ proprietary, novel Flat Core Speaker (FCS) technology, help the company develop a wider array of drivers, and invest in new talent and test and measurement equipment. Resonado is intent on rapidly expand into the automotive, marine, and home audio industries.

Ora Graphene Announces Strategic Investment to Advance GrapheneQ Commercialization

June 15, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Ora Graphene Announces Strategic Investment to Advance GrapheneQ Commercialization

Ora Sound Graphene, the Canadian company that is the world's first commercial producer of free-standing graphene membranes for speaker drivers, announced the closing of its $3 million Seed financing round today. The deal was led by Ecofuel Fund along with Export Development Canada (EDC), BDC Capital and certain members of New York Angels. Existing investors TandemLaunch, and BoxOne Ventures also participated in the round.

A New Standard of Low-Depth Racetrack Speaker Drivers with Flat Core Speaker Technology

March 30, 2021 by Brian Cho

A New Standard of Low-Depth Racetrack Speaker Drivers with Flat Core Speaker Technology

Resonado Labs is ready to bring to market its patented speaker technology. This article describes Resonado's core Flat Core Speaker (FCS) technology that uses a reconfigured design with a planar voice coil mounted perpendicularly to its flat “racetrack” diaphragm - an ingenious architecture that enables slightly thinner, lighter, and more efficient speakers than conventional equivalents. Applications are wide-ranging from soundbars, home theater, column speakers, automotive to headphone drivers. This article was originally published in Voice Coil, January 2021

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